Today’s Headlines for Monday, September 20
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9:07 AM CDT on September 20, 2021
- Access Living, ATA call for funding in the 2022 city budget for unarmed transit ambassadors
- Open Boulevards debuts in Logan Square, next month on Independence, Douglas boulevards (Sun-Times)
- Male driver fatally shot in Auburn Gresham, crashed into viaduct, injuring 3 female passengers (WGN)
- 3 in serious condition after traffic crash on 4500 block of W. Washington in West Garfield (Sun-Times)
- Aurora to hold open house on proposed bike and pedestrian crossing improvements (Tribune)
- Chicagolander Karen Buhler discusses how her e-cargo bike helped her avoid buying a car (WaPo)
- William Donels remembered for tireless work to make Springfield a better place to bike (Journal-Register)
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